Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On May - 24 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

1898  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on this day in history.   

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on May - 24.   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 24 suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.   

1900  On this day in history britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on May - 24.   

1901  On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  On May - 24 aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  On May - 24 george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)   

1905  On May - 24 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  On this day in history belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on May - 24.   

1910  On this day in history margers Zarins, composer   

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on this day in history.   

1915  Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 24 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  On May - 24 thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 24 last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48